Tag: Lucille Ball
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‘MY GOOD WIFE’ v ‘MY FAVORITE HUSBAND’
June 23, 1949 “My Good Wife,” an added starter on KNBC, 6:30 p.m. PST Fridays, is another comedy about a young married couple, as if we needed another one. I must admit this one is a little different. This married couple, Steve and Kay Emerson, are not nearly so fast with a wisecrack as, say,…
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ROLLING STONE LOVES LUCY
June 23, 1983 Rolling Stone ~ Issue 398, June 23, 1983 “I Love Lucy” by Lynn Hirschberg “I never even felt pretty. I was clearly a lesser beauty.”
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JAMESTOWN GIRL on TREASURE HUNT
June 23, 1934 On June 23, 1934, The Warren (PA) Times-Mirror reprinted an item from The Jamestown (NY) Post. Contrary to Lucille’s claim of being born in Butte, Montana, Chautauqua County residents claim her as 100 percent from Jamestown – and the first from the New York town to have success in Hollywood. Apparently, after a…
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LUCY vs TIME
June 22, 1973 The publicity photos, from the movie set of Mame were unrecognizable. Unrecognizable! Why, they were unbelievable. Either somebody had shot them through six layers of soft-focus gauze – or a time machine. Who was this frisky redhead hoofer kicking up her heels on the distant reaches of some resplendent soundstage, cannily avoiding…
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MRS. LUCILLE CRAWFORD?
June 19, 1936 In 1936 Lucille Ball was engaged to be married to actor Broderick Crawford. Broderick Crawford and Lucille Ball were both the same age (and died just a few years apart) and took similar roads to success. William Broderick Crawford (1911 – 1986) was a stage, film, radio, and television actor, often cast…
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THE ELVES
September 2, 1949 “The Elves” is episode #52 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on September 2, 1949. This was the first episode of the second season of MY FAVORITE HUSBAND which concluded on June 25, 1950. Synopsis ~ Liz and George arrive home from vacation to find that someone has been ordering strawberry ice…
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ROSS ELLIOTT
June 18, 1917 Ross Elliott was born Elliott Blum in the Bronx, New York. While at City College of New York, he participated in the college’s dramatic society, causing him to abandon his original plan to become a lawyer. He did four Broadway shows between 1938 and 1946. After serving in World War II (where he…
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